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Top 10 Books of 2022

In Leadership, Links I LikeTags Book, Book Review, booklist, reading, top 10 listPublish DateDecember 28, 202220 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

This year I read 62 books in total. I tend to go down rabbit holes, as you might notice. This year I read several books by authors of color and several books about our current cultural moment, as well as several books on transgenderism. This year was my first full year off from Seminary, so I caught up on current issues. Next year my plan is to focus more on perennial issues. I want to read more old books. There …

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Top 10 Books of 2021

Top 10 Books of 2021

In Leadership, Links I LikeTags Book list, books, Leadership, reading, top 10 listPublish DateDecember 27, 20214 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

This year I finished my master’s degree work at Knox Seminary. It was a five-year process, and I loved every bit of it. The one downside was that I was so busy reading books for my …

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Top 10 Books of 2019

Top 10 Books of 2019

In Leadership, Media, Personal, UncategorizedTags books, reading, top tenPublish DateDecember 26, 20190 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places – Eugene Peterson Eugene does what few modern theologians can do he weaves theology and poetry and finishes each thought with pastoral application. I found Ten Thousand Places challenges to …

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Top 10 Books of 2018

Top 10 Books of 2018

In Leadership, Links I LikeTags books, cs lewis, Discipleship, Leadership, readingPublish DateDecember 26, 20183 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

A quick note about this year’s book list. I tried to be better about reading more fiction and I intentionally read more books written by women, I tried to get on the Flannery O’Connor bandwagon but …

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Summer Reads

Summer Reads

In Links I Like, MediaTags books, reading, SummerPublish DateJuly 16, 20180 ViewsLeave a comment samluce

Summer is a great time to grab a book and sit in a hammock and unwind or lie on a beach and get some free vitamin D while getting lost in a great book. This summer …

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Books I Read in 2016

Books I Read in 2016

In Leadership, Links I Like, Personal, UncategorizedTags Leadership, Pastor, read, readingPublish DateDecember 20, 20166 Views5 Comments samluce

This year was a change for me I started graduate school a little over a year ago, and the books I want to read are now waiting for me because of books I have to read are taking …

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My name is Sam Luce and I have been a pastor at Redeemer Church in Utica NY for the past 24 years. 18 of those years serving as children’s pastor. Currently, I am serving as the Global Pastor to Families. This is my personal blog it is focused on Discipleship, Family Ministry, and Theology.

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5 responses to “Books I Read in 2016”

  1. Patrick Day Avatar
    Patrick Day
    December 20, 2016

    A great list of books. However you are missing a key author, the one whom C.S. Lewis said he never wrote a book without this person in mine. His name is George MacDonald and a good book of his to start with would be Sir Gibbie.

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    1. samluce Avatar
      samluce
      December 21, 2016

      Thanks for the recommendation. I haven’t read McDonald much. From what I have read I prefer Lewis and Tolkien

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    Patrick Day
    December 20, 2016

    I signed up to follow your blog. I would ask you to consider following mine.

    http://www.melody33.com The theme of the blog is staying near the Holy Spirit and very short articles are posted twice a week.

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  3. Mark Avatar
    Mark
    December 21, 2016

    What was your favorite ‘first read’ book in 2016?

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    1. samluce Avatar
      samluce
      December 21, 2016

      That’s difficult. If I had to pick just one it would be You are What You Love or Christianity and Liberalism.

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